Liu Cixin, author of "The Three-Body Problem": DeepSeek may eventually replace human writers! What about the future of science fiction writers?

Liu Cixin, a well-known Chinese science fiction writer and author of "The Three-Body Problem", recently attended the China Science Fiction Convention, expressing his views on the impact of AI development on science fiction creation, he believes that AI may eventually replace most science fiction writers in creation, and only some particularly peaked, highly creative and literary writers will not be replaced by AI for the time being. (Synopsis: Huang Jenxun domineeringly shouts "almost the world is mistaken", what is the confidence in the face of DeepSeek threat NVIDIA? (Background supplement: Deepseek's profit margin of 545% "estimated market value exceeds 10 billion"? Bloomberg sour: theoretical value, users do not necessarily want to pay) 2025 China Science Fiction Convention opened in Beijing Shougang Park on the 28th, and the "2025 China Science Fiction Industry Report" was released at the conference, pointing out that the total revenue of China's science fiction industry in 2024 will be 108.96 billion yuan, basically the same as the previous year, and exceeded 100 billion yuan for two consecutive years. In 2024, the revenue of the sci-fi reading industry will be 3.51 billion RMB, an increase of 10.7% over the previous year, the revenue of the sci-fi film and television industry will be 6.71 billion yuan, the development momentum of sci-fi mini-dramas and short and medium-short videos will be strong, and the revenue of the sci-fi game industry will be 71.81 billion yuan, an increase of 10.2% over the previous year. Liu Cixin: AI may change the form of science fiction creation Liu Cixin, a well-known Chinese science fiction writer and author of "The Three-Body Problem", said at the meeting that the rapid development of China's science and technology has provided a unique "reality soil" for science fiction, and breakthroughs in manned spaceflight, quantum communication, artificial intelligence and other fields can become the material for science fiction stories. Liu Cixin also expressed his views on the development of AI, he believes that AI may change the shape of the entire science fiction creation: According to the trend of AI development, it may eventually replace most science fiction writers in creation, which is indeed a very serious reality, but we also have to admit. In Liu Cixin's view, some particularly peaked, creative and literary writers will not be replaced by AI for the time being, but the proportion of such writers is very small. DeepSeek is entirely likely to replace science fiction writers In an interview with CCTV Finance during the conference, Liu Cixin was asked whether DeepSeek is likely to replace science fiction writers in the future? Liu Cixin responded, not for the time being, but in another 10 or 20 years, it is theoretically possible to replace science fiction writers, and he believes that from a scientific point of view, there is nothing in all human writers that cannot be replaced by AI. When talking about how to deal with this situation, Liu Cixin suggested: I personally think that we should first stop comforting ourselves and calmly face the impact of technology and the earth-shaking impact that this impact has on our field. Liu Cixin imagines that in the future, reading or using AI customization, readers can put forward needs to AI, can generate novels, dissatisfied can also be regenerated, then the quality of AI writing may surpass humans in an all-round way, he also mentioned that the current AI creation still has limitations, such as lack of real emotional experience, social insight and unique creativity. Liu Cixin called on creators to stop comforting themselves with concepts such as soul and emotion, and advocated facing the fundamental changes brought about by the technological revolution. Born in Beijing in 1963, Liu Cixin is the most internationally influential science fiction writer in contemporary China, a leading figure in Chinese science fiction, a member of the China Writers Association, and a reputation as "the first person in Chinese science fiction". Liu Cixin's masterpiece "The Three-Body Problem" trilogy is the first science fiction novel in Asia to win the Hugo Award, and its works are known for their grand cosmology, scientific and technological imagination and profound human thinking, which are generally regarded as milestones in Chinese science fiction literature. Related Stories Breaking the Huida Monopoly? Google's strongest AI model "Gemma 3" with 1 H100, beating DeepSeek, OpenAI Huida's revenue growth of 114% exceeded expectations, why is Huang Jenxun not afraid of the impact of DeepSeek? DeepSeek drives a wave of AI investment in China, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Technology index rushes to the highest level in three years Liu Cixin, author of "The Three-Body Problem": DeepSeek may eventually replace human writers! What about the future of science fiction writers? This article was first published in BlockTempo's "Dynamic Trend - The Most Influential Blockchain News Media".